Gospel of the Hebrews
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The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gospel of the Hebrews canonical | 2 |
| Gospel of the Nazarenes | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4760220 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gospel of the Hebrews Context triple: [Apocryphal New Testament writings, includeWork, Gospel of the Hebrews]
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A.
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew is a medieval apocryphal infancy gospel that elaborates on the early life of Mary and Jesus, expanding and reworking earlier traditions found in texts like the Protoevangelium of James.
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B.
Genesis Apocryphon
Genesis Apocryphon is an ancient Jewish text from the Dead Sea Scrolls that retells and expands stories from the Book of Genesis, particularly focusing on figures like Noah and Abraham.
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C.
Gospel of the Resurrection
The Gospel of the Resurrection is the New Testament account of Christ’s rising from the dead, proclaimed liturgically as the central scriptural focus of Easter.
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D.
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an early apocryphal Christian text that narrates legendary stories about the childhood of Jesus, focusing on his miraculous yet sometimes troubling deeds as a boy.
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E.
Hymns against Heresies
Hymns against Heresies is a collection of doctrinal and polemical hymns by Ephrem the Syrian, composed to defend orthodox Christian theology against various heretical teachings in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gospel of the Hebrews Target entity description: The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
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A.
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew is a medieval apocryphal infancy gospel that elaborates on the early life of Mary and Jesus, expanding and reworking earlier traditions found in texts like the Protoevangelium of James.
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B.
Genesis Apocryphon
Genesis Apocryphon is an ancient Jewish text from the Dead Sea Scrolls that retells and expands stories from the Book of Genesis, particularly focusing on figures like Noah and Abraham.
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C.
Gospel of the Resurrection
The Gospel of the Resurrection is the New Testament account of Christ’s rising from the dead, proclaimed liturgically as the central scriptural focus of Easter.
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D.
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an early apocryphal Christian text that narrates legendary stories about the childhood of Jesus, focusing on his miraculous yet sometimes troubling deeds as a boy.
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E.
Hymns against Heresies
Hymns against Heresies is a collection of doctrinal and polemical hymns by Ephrem the Syrian, composed to defend orthodox Christian theology against various heretical teachings in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish-Christian gospel
ⓘ
apocryphal gospel ⓘ lost early Christian gospel ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | apocryphal ⓘ |
| contains |
baptism traditions
ⓘ
resurrection appearance traditions ⓘ sayings of Jesus ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Gospel of the Ebionites
ⓘ
Gospel of the Nazarenes ⓘ
linked to:
Gospel of the Ebionites
canonical Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| extantForm | fragments ⓘ |
| genre | gospel ⓘ |
| hasFragmentCount | approximately seven major fragments ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jewish-Christian traditions ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
De viris illustribus by Jerome
ⓘ
linked to:
De viris illustribus
Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius ⓘ
linked to:
Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
|
| modernDiscipline |
studied in New Testament apocrypha research
ⓘ
studied in early Christian studies ⓘ studied in patristics ⓘ |
| notIncludedIn | New Testament canon ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Egypt
ⓘ
possibly Alexandria ⓘ |
| preservationMode | secondary quotations ⓘ |
| quotedBy |
Clement of Alexandria
ⓘ
Didymus the Blind ⓘ Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ Jerome ⓘ Origen ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | some early Church Fathers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gospel of Matthew
ⓘ
Gospel of the Ebionites ⓘ Gospel of the Nazarenes ⓘ
linked to:
Gospel of the Ebionites
|
| religiousCommunity | Jewish Christians ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | identity and relationship to other Jewish-Christian gospels ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| subject |
life of Jesus
ⓘ
teachings of Jesus ⓘ |
| survivesAs | quotations in patristic literature ⓘ |
| textualCharacter | non-canonical ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Jewish-Christian ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 1st–2nd century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ebionites
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazarenes
Jewish-Christian communities ⓘ Nazarenes ⓘ |
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Subject: Gospel of the Hebrews Description of subject: The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gospel of the Hebrews
linked to: Gospel of the Hebrews